By Madhuri Dey
Dec. 01, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The authorities of the University of California have reported that there has been an onslaught in the number of applications this year. The largest higher education system in the country, the University obviously presents a lot of lucrative prospects for the students. The sudden rise in the number of applications has been attributed to the increase in the population that chooses to go for higher education. Also, this year, the University of California has made a shift in the admission procedure. Earlier, the admissions used to be on a non competitive basis. From the current academic year, it has shifted to a competitive examination based admission procedure.

The change in the admission procedure was not made as a means to raise the education standards and the quality of the students in the University. All the Universities in California, including the California State University and the University of California have been affected deeply by the tight budgets of the state. The move has been keeping in mind that it would not allow the Universities to take in a huge number of students.

However, the fact that the Universities have decreased the number of seats does not act as a deterrent for the thousands of hopefuls who are applying. Instead of being discouraged by the cut in the number of seats, they are undergoing rigorous preparations in order to perform better in the admission tests. Moreover, this has meant that they would not have to travel to another state altogether in order to pursue higher education, considering that they can get through two of the top Universities of the country.